Townsville police escort outback mine truck

The Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) says police had to be sourced from Townsville to help escort an oversized mining truck through the state's western region.

Flooding on the east coast and highway closures have caused concerns for trucking companies transporting oversized mining equipment to mine sites.

QTA spokesman Peter Garske says the police service recently had to bring officers from hundreds of kilometres away to help escort one truck from Charleville to Mount Isa.

"Queensland Police Service provided significant support to get them out," he said.

"Flooding wasn't an issue in this case, it was more getting the requisite number of police officers available on, those police had to be found in Townsville to go to Longreach to get the load from Charleville back up to Mount Isa."

Charleville police Inspector Mick Dowie says he is aware of one case where a truck was delayed in Charleville because the shoulders of the highway were too wet for an oversized load.

However, he says he is unaware of any other issues causing delays for trucking companies.

"Out here in the western areas we don't have thousands of police and sometimes we do have to bring people in from other areas, so we do that to work in well with the trucking industry and keep the loads moving," he said.

"We are definitely seeing an increase, we have got a mining boom and they need to get heavy equipment into the areas.

"I don't think we have a problem or issue out here at the moment - there may be in other places."